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Supernatural 2x10
Oh, DEAN.
Especially after the last couple of episodes, I was halfway expecting this show to take the "Lost" tack and cut away before actually telling us anything. I'm really, really glad that they didn't -- and, in fact, I feel like things have actually progressed a little bit. The last few episodes were enjoyable but I was starting to feel a sense that we were ... well, spinning our wheels as far as the overall development of the plot. This gave it a little nudge back on track.
And suddenly Dean's angst this season is so much clearer. I mean, while I really felt for the guy, there have been times when there was also a temptation to smack him a bit and tell him to get over himself and get back to the business of living.
But this ... this ... It's just that things make so much more sense now, because not only has he been carrying this massive load of guilt, but he's also got this giant burden of fear for Sam, and maybe a little bit of fear of Sam too. He's lost his father and it's not only possible, but likely that he's going to lose Sam too. (I mean, from Dean's perspective. Not so much from our perspective.)
And was it just me, but were things a little lighter between them at the end of the episode than they have been in a while? Even though Sam's initial reaction was ... well, let's face it, everything Dean was afraid of, it seems like when it was all over that it actually did make it easier for them to relate to each other. I'm still not absolutely certain that what Dean told Sam was EVERYTHING that his father had told him, but it had to have been a large part of what he's been carrying by himself for these months. And it seemed like the way they were verbally bouncing off each other at the end, with the teasing and the grinning, was a lot more like they used to be than they have been since John died.
Especially after the last couple of episodes, I was halfway expecting this show to take the "Lost" tack and cut away before actually telling us anything. I'm really, really glad that they didn't -- and, in fact, I feel like things have actually progressed a little bit. The last few episodes were enjoyable but I was starting to feel a sense that we were ... well, spinning our wheels as far as the overall development of the plot. This gave it a little nudge back on track.
And suddenly Dean's angst this season is so much clearer. I mean, while I really felt for the guy, there have been times when there was also a temptation to smack him a bit and tell him to get over himself and get back to the business of living.
But this ... this ... It's just that things make so much more sense now, because not only has he been carrying this massive load of guilt, but he's also got this giant burden of fear for Sam, and maybe a little bit of fear of Sam too. He's lost his father and it's not only possible, but likely that he's going to lose Sam too. (I mean, from Dean's perspective. Not so much from our perspective.)
And was it just me, but were things a little lighter between them at the end of the episode than they have been in a while? Even though Sam's initial reaction was ... well, let's face it, everything Dean was afraid of, it seems like when it was all over that it actually did make it easier for them to relate to each other. I'm still not absolutely certain that what Dean told Sam was EVERYTHING that his father had told him, but it had to have been a large part of what he's been carrying by himself for these months. And it seemed like the way they were verbally bouncing off each other at the end, with the teasing and the grinning, was a lot more like they used to be than they have been since John died.